No. 6.] 



JUNE, 1905. 



[Vol. IV. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MAURY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, M.A., f.l.s., 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



1. Fibres {continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 



2. Profits on a small Rubber Estate .. .. .. .. .. .. 218 



3. Isoptera Borneensis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 219 



4. Manufacturer's Opinions on Sheet Rubber prepared by Planters . . 220 



5. Rubber Machines and other Improvements .. .. .. .. 223 



6. Coagulating Rambong, E. S. Carr .. . .. .. .. 224 



7. Tapping Rubber Trees (with Plate) .. .. .. .. .. 226 



8. Washed Rubber, P. J. Burgess . . .. .. .. .. .. 226 



9 Mites in Rubber Nurseries, S. A rden .. .. .. .. .. 229 



10. Agricultural Show at Kwala Lumpur, 1904 . . . . . . . . 230 



11. Agricultural Show for 1905 .. .. .. .. .. 238 



12 Sir Hugh Low .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 239 



13. Rubber in the Malay Peninsula .. .. .. .. .. .. 241 



14. Rubber Seed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 242 



15. Rubber from the Mi<~ ie Machi; .. .. .. .. .. 242 



16. Market Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 



17. Weather Reports .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 246 



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